bend-down-select

1. noun: Second-hand clothes sold in open markets.
   • Nobody go know sey di jeans wey I wear na bend-down-select.
     • No one would know that the jeans I’m wearing are second-hand.
   • Na for Onitsha yu go see correct bend-down-select.
     • It’s in Onitsha that you’ll find really good second-hand clothes.

Synonyms

• okrika

Etymology

Describes the process where people bend down to select clothes from heaps when shopping at the market.